index

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. An alphabetical listing of items and their location.
2. The index finger; the forefinger.
3. A movable finger on a gauge, scale, etc.
4. A symbol resembling a pointing hand, used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph.
5. That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.
6. A sign; an indication; a token.
7. A type of noun where the meaning of the form changes with respect to the context; e.g., 'Today's newspaper' is an indexical form since its referent will differ depending on the context. See also icon and symbol.
8. A single number calculated from an array of prices or of quantities.
9. A number representing a property or ratio; a coefficient.
10. A raised suffix indicating a power.
11. An integer or other key indicating the location of data, e.g. within an array, vector, database table, associative array, or hash table.
12. A data structure that improves the performance of operations on a table.
13. The number of cosets that exist.
14. (obsolete) A prologue indicating what follows.

Verb

1. To arrange an index for something, especially a long text.
2. To inventory; to take stock.
3. To normalise in order to account for inflation; to correct for inflation by linking to a price index in order to maintain real levels.
4. To measure by an associated value.
5. To be indexical for (some situation or state of affairs); to indicate.
6. To access a value in a data container by an index.

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈɪndɛks/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

From Latin index (“a discoverer, informer, spy; of things, an indicator, the forefinger, a title, superscription”), from indicō (“point out, show”); see indicate.

Προτάσεις

Let W be drawn uniformly over this set as an index .

Αφήστε το W να τραβηχτεί ομοιόμορφα πάνω από αυτό το σετ ως δείκτη.